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Why do all other monkey and ape species except for us seem like they are walking around with prolapsed anuses? | It's called sexual selection. Naked butts are more sexy than hairy butts. That is because the hair does not get in the way of the females displaying their red colored butts, which signal they are in estrus. In females, the first swellings of the sex skin occur between the ages of 7 and 8, and gradually increase in size... |
why do things still blur in and out of focus when one of my eyes is closed? | Focus is mostly controlled by the shape of the lens in your eye. I think that you're thinking of depth perception which is primarily determined by having two views of the same object. |
How are some animals able to sit and run across power lines, but sometimes they are electrocuted and killed by them? | The power lines never cause electrocution unless the animal is able to connect it to the ground. Which isn't really possible unless the line is damaged. The place that would probably be most likely to electrocute an animal would be somewhere on the telephone pole near the transformer That's what takes the thousands of ... |
How do juice companies maintain a consistent flavour even though there are no 'added flavours or sugar'? | I know how they do it with orange juice. Basically, they take their harvest and store it in massive tanks long-term. They mix several yields together to give an average flavor of several thousands/millions of oranges. Alongside some extra processing, it makes for crazy consistency in flavor. Not necessarily the best ta... |
Why can't Microsoft sue Apple for copying the Microsoft Surface? | Copyright is for expressions, not things. You can copyright a book, movie or play but you can't copyright a tablet computer, you'd have to patent that. |
What would happen if I dug a small hole 5m down into soil, and then started digging out a 10m*10m room? Would the soil collapse? Is it legal to do this? | 5m down is not what would be called a small hole if we are talking about working round a property. Depending on the type of ground you are digging it could start to collapse on itself after abuot 1m, sometimes even less. Don't fuck around with something like this if you don't know what you are doing. |
If my internal body temperature is 98.6 degrees, why do I feel hot in a room where its 80 degrees? | Your body is continually generating heat. It's not like an oven that can just shut down when it get to the right temperature. Heat has to escape. It doesn't escape as well in 80 degree air as it does in 70 degree air. |
Why is Windows 10 required after Skylake? | It's a mix of the two. The thing with post-Skylake chips is that Intel want to implement new instructions and features, so that they can continue to offer improved performance, better security, and better power efficiency. These new instructions and features can only be used if the operating system is aware of them, an... |
Why do Bitcoin enthusiasts dismiss other cryptocurrencies as inferior to Bitcoin? | Depends on the individual, really. Some folks have invested tons of money into Bitcoin and the the thought of some other crypto-currency being better hurts them in the wallet. Others think that other crypto-coins are just knockoff's and for the most part they're not wrong. The majority of cryptocoins don't change much ... |
Why is there so much meat on chickens when all they do is stand around clucking all day? | Chickens today are bred to have larger breasts, AND they usually get pumped full of hormones to make them grow quickly. I live in an area with many commercial chicken farms, and they all can take a chick straight from the egg to full grown bird ready to eat in less than 2 months. HERE IS THE KICKER. All of my friends w... |
How do rockets (and shuttles in their day) not fall over when they are moving slowly at launch. | The fact that it is rising at all means that it is already countering the effect of gravity, at least in terms of up/down movement. As for falling over sideways, the rocket is designed so that the thrust is right under the center of mass; this, combined with the aerodynamic shape of the rocket, means that it's hard to ... |
What guides my mind to decide what I want in a romantic partner? | There are tons of theories out there, but one that makes sense is that we are biologically programmed to be sexually attracted to people with whom we are genetically compatible . If this theory is accurate then you're attracted to darker girls because they are genetically different from you and therefore the likelihood... |
Why is heterochromia so seemingly common in Huskies unlike all other dog breeds? | Huskies, like lots of dog breeds, are pretty inbreed. Inbreeding has a tendency to proliferate recessive genes, or at least give the opportunity more often for an individual to have both copies. In huskies, one of the recessive genes that happened to find its way into the population is for heterochromia. |
why do I feel the need to swallow a lot more whenever I have a sore throat? | Everyone swallows periodically throughout the day to clear the saliva that accumulates in their mouth. It's so automatic that normally you don't notice it. When you have a sore throat, swallowing hurts because of the movement and pressure on the tissues lining your throat, which are irritated and sore. The pain makes y... |
In computer software, what is the difference between a program, service, thread, process etc.? | A program is a very general term for any piece of software. Your internet browser is a program. Your word processor is a program. iTunes is a program. Each app on your smart phone is a program. A process can be thought of as a program that is running. On the same computer, you can have the same program running multiple... |
How is Steam able to have such large discounts during sales? | A game on steam costs nothing to have there.For a retail store they have to ship in games to put on those shelves, and that costs some amount of money. If shipping on a single game was $5 for example they can't sell it lower than that, they would lose money. One Gamestop also can't throw something on a crazy sale unles... |
Why are water parks allowed to stay open in states with droughts? | in extreme cases, they are. under less dire circumstances, however, their usage of water is considered necessary to the operation of their business. the economic damage caused by their closure can be regarded as greater than the threat posed by the water usage. those places also go to great lengths to recycle water. as... |
How does a processor thread work? | A thread is a fancy way to say a task. Let's say you want to send shipments of Egyptian cotton from Sicily to Malta. If you have a single plane that can fly 500 mph, you have to wait until it flies there and back before you can load it up and send it out again. In that sense it isn't very quick. Now imagine you have a ... |
Why do so many people who emigrate from the Middle East open convenience stores? | Each culture has an 'in' to a particular business in each area. So, one Korean family will come and open a dry cleaning business. When their cousins come, they will tell them the tricks of the trade and the regulations and have the business model set, so their cousins open up another cleaning business one town over - r... |
Why does Canada suck at cricket, unlike most other former British colonies? | There's no answer other than it's just not very popular here. I live in Vancouver and as far as I'm aware there are only two cricket pitches here. I live several blocks away from one of them and I've only ever seen people playing on it once. I think we're more occupied with hockey, football, and American football. Even... |
Why do colds and flu symptoms feel worse at night? | This has been answered many times before, but the long and the short of it , is that the human body goes into "rest and repair" mode at nighttime, causing more blood to go to certain functions to help them heal and recover, which causes other bodily systems to have to work harder to perform. |
Why there are lions in India, but no tigers in Africa? | > Lions, leopards and tigers are all part of the Felidae family of cats, which originated in Africa and share a common ancestor. At some point, probably around 2 million years ago, one offshoot of Felidae migrated east toward Asia, and those cats evolved into the orange-, black-, and white-striped beasts we know today.... |
What are the advantages of a company owning many competing and similar businesses? | It allows them to crowd a market, which gives them greater exposure, which is all that matters in web advertising. Different names let them past different filters; if one site dies, they can always rebrand it and advertise it on the others to recapture the user base; each site may cater to different viewer types who ge... |
Why do most people eat when they feel like it, rather than when they're actually hangry? | Part of it is evolutionary. There was no evolutionary benefit to not eating when you're not hungry because food wasn't a guarantee. That wouldn't have been selected against. In fact, it could've been selected for because someone who ate again when they weren't hungry survived when food wasn't available in the future. |
If virtually all of my body's atoms are replaced with new ones in the timespan of a year, how does memory work? | Memories and thoughts are defined by the specific relative arrangement of neurons and synapses to each other. When the atoms in your body/brain are replaced by new ones, it is done so orderly so that each molecule is replaced by a like molecule, more or less. This process maintains the same neurons and synapses and the... |
Why doesn't a popsicle or a freeze pop freeze like an ice cube? | I'm guessing you mean why doesn't a freeze pop shatter your teeth, while ice cubes are as hard as^ice. It comes down to how ice is crystallized water. Just tap water makes for some pretty close to perfect ice crystals, so the ice is hard and takes a while to melt. A Popsicle has sugary syrup or fruit juice, and the hug... |
Why are syrian refugees seeking asylum in europe instead of the rich and developed islamic countries of the middle east, such as the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia etc.? | These countries are very hostile to foreigners, so it's not as easy to get asylum there and if you get it, things aren't necessarily as pleasant as in a hospitable country like Germany or Sweden. They're also much more socially conservative than Europe and Syria, being ruled by tyrannical Wahhabi elites. They're very d... |
How is data read off a cartridge? | if you mean a catridge like the N64 or gamboy, inside the slit, down one side you will see the gold pin connectors which transfer the data to the console. Would be easier to show you:[Like this] |
Why are tongue twisters so difficult? | The ability to move your mouth bits is a skill. Tongue twisters try to make you move your mouth to make similar sounds quickly. In an effort to be quick you end up not moving and end up repeating sounds and we all have a giggle. The people who practice can move faster and more accurately and tackle tough tongue twister... |
How come food that is unhealthy tastes better than food that is? | From a Evolutionary perspective, all of the "unhealthy" foods were scarce for the last well 3.5 billion years. It's only in the last few thousand that we developed ways to artificially limit our food supply to what we find tasty. Eventually we get used to the level of sugar/fat/meat, and we add more to compensate - som... |
why does water at 20°C feel so much colder than air at 20°C? | You can't feel absolute temperature. By that I mean you can't touch something and say "this is 20C". All the human body feels as temperature is how fast heat is being transferred, to you or away from you. Heat being transferred away feels cold, heat being transferred to you feels hot, and how fast this is happening is ... |
What is CP violation and what is it's significance? | It stands for charge parity violation. At least in part, it refers to the fact that we see discrepancies in how some anti-particles react compared to particles, in some forms of weak decay. Some interactions seem to occur more easily than the opposing reactions. The most significant result is probably the fact that the... |
Why is it cheaper to ship crude oil from Canada to the US for processing? | The US has the largest, most cost effective oil refineries in the world. Also, Canada doesn't have the capacity to refine all of its oil, even if it wanted to. |
History of America before Columbus visited? | _URL_0_ Really interesting stuff. There were three major migrations. Basically, humans came into America via the land bridge, and started reproducing, moving outwards a few miles every generation. I started reading up on all of this during that "greatest mysteries" post in askreddit a few weeks backRead the book called... |
Why does the pouring sound of liquids change as the glass/container fills up? | Because the container in which the sound wave is resonating is getting smaller as the liquid fills the cup. A smaller container means sound waves with shorter wave lengths can resonate there, resulting in a higher pitch. |
Why are ears nose and throat connected? | Because they are all dependant on air. Your ears require equal air pressure to function, otherwise, they'd pop. That's what happens if you fly around in space without a space suit and your uneducated enough to try to hold your breath. |
How does the amniotic fluid in the womb not damage the skin of the baby? | The skin of the fetus is covered in a waxy, hydrophobic white substance called vernix caseosa which protects the skin from around the 18th week onward. Babies are often delivered with a visible amount of it still on their skin, but post-mature babies can be seen to have lost much of the vernix and their skin can be fla... |
What is the difference between restroom and bathroom? | in bathrooms the main purpose is to bathe, usually in your own home, a familys home, or a friends a restroom is usually a public place where you may defecate or urinate but doesn't offer bathing facilities", 'I don't see any kind of difference between them. Restroom may tend to refer to a public place and bathroom to a... |
Is there any substance that all (or nearly all) people are allergic to? | The poison in Bee stings, jelly fish poison. The allergic reaction can vary from person to person, but all people will exhibit a small reaction of inflammation especially around the site of contact.Mosquito bites. Lots of people are allergic to poison ivy as well, however some people aren't. |
Why are composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen considered great and what about their music is so good? | In a nutshell, Karlheinz Stockhausen was the most prolific early adopter of using electronics in music. A lot of his experiments with electronic equipment not only laid the foundation for the development of electronic music, but for how later electronic instruments would take form. Furthermore, Stockhausen helped pione... |
On a molecular level what makes materials, like duct tape, sticky? | What makes duct tape sticky is a physical property of the material not a chemical property. The glue on the underside is made of a very thick fluid. It's not a solid, it's actually a liquid that is very viscous. Like extremely thick syrup. Materials that have this property of stickyness are called viscoelastic. That is... |
Why are there so many distinct accents in the UK, but Texas, a larger area, has only one accent? | Hi, I'm a linguist. Texas has not been settled by English Speakers for nearly as long, but more importantly, ever since the founding of Texas, movement about within Texas was easy and common. Dialectal variation arises from isolation: when two groups of people do not interact for a long time, their languages diverge. I... |
How a nuclear detonation work? | The atoms of certain elements, such as Plutonium-239, have their nuclei spontaneously fission, producing two smaller nuclei and some extra particles, and those extra particles can make more nuclei fission. If you have a small amount of Pu-239 then most of the neutrons fly out of it without making more fissions, so it's... |
Why are object in the mirror closer than they appear? | That phrase is only found on the passengers side mirror, where the mirror is slightly convex in order to give you a bigger field of view to eliminate blind spots on that sideImagine you have a flat mirror so you can see what's behind you. Now imagine you want that mirror to give you a wider range of vision. How do you ... |
How come when you see video clips on the news filmed in public, some people's faces are blurred out but not all of them? | The only reason I know is that those people may have specifically asked to remain anonymous.All forms of mass media require what are commonly called a release, which is a for that basically states that you are allowing the media to use your image. There are exceptions where faces aren't visible , and more importantly b... |
How does adware end up getting packaged with legitimate software? | The adware company can pay them money to include it, either as part of the program or an optional step in the installer, or, the website *hosting the download* may have decided to include it as an extra item since they'll make money. Downloading programs from Cnet seem to always have adware and toolbars added to the in... |
Why do cars not have fail-safes that prevent the battery draining to a point where the car won't start? | A lot of newer cars do. On my 2002 Toyota, if you turn the car off with the headlights on, the headlights go off, too. Unfortunately, the dome light and interior door lights will still drain the battery if the door isn't shut securely. Newer cars than that are better about it. It's getting harder and harder to accident... |
Those erie moments when you are in a crowded public place and all of a sudden, everyone falls silent. | Well too bad, because that's exactly what's happening. :P All conversations have a flow to them, and sometimes that flow momentarily dries up. Which means a brief pause or silence. It's only natural that those pauses will naturally sync every now and then. Not probable, maybe, but still very possible. There are also tw... |
Why do right-wing people want abstinence-only education when it actually increases teen pregnancy? | Because they live in a completely fabricated dream world. They cling to all kinds of beliefs that have been disproven.Because that isn't their goal. They want no sex before marriage, not no pregnancy before marriage. |
How do the flashing lights, alarms and gates at train crossings know when to start and stop when trains pass by? | They run a small electric current down the rails. When the train is coming the axles of the train cause act like a short between the rails which causes the behavior of that current to change. The crossing guards can detect this change. Because the nature of the change is a function of how far away the train is from the... |
Who or what determines a day to be "National 'whatever' day!" that I see on Facebook and listen on the radio every day? | Marketing departments of parties with a vested interest. National Chocolate Day will be promoted by the International Association of Chocolate Manufacturers etc. etc. There's nothing 'official' about it. You can declare any day to be anything and just shout about it on social media. |
Why are some vivid memories pure imagination? And why do they feel so real? | Memory is kind of a plastic thing. It's not really like a video recording, but a reconstruction. And your reconstruction itself can become less accurate as time passes. You can misremember part of it, and cement that 'misrememberance' in. So yeah, you can totally have memories that are bunkum. |
How does the Shazam app that can listen to any song you play and tell you what it's called work? | The company has devised a technique to break down each track into a simple numeric signature—a code that is unique to each track. When you hold your phone up to a song you'd like to ID, Shazam turns your clip into a signature using the same method. Then it's just a matter of pattern-matching—Shazam searches its library... |
Why after looking at a source of bright light does the light stay burnt into our eyes for a while. | Your eyes contain many, many little transmitter devices that send a signal to your brain each time it comes into contact with light. Every time one of these signals fire, there is a recharge period before it can fire again. When you're looking around normally, the sheer number of these transmitters allow for you to see... |
Why am I paying for Highspeed Internet with a speed of 20 mb/s Download rate, but when I go to download something, it says I am only getting 1-2 mb/s? | You might be paying for 20mbps, while your download rate is measured in mBps. Bits versus Bytes. A byte is 8 bits. So if you are paying for 20mbps, you might expect a maximum data transfer rate around 18mbps . 18mbps is equivalent to 18/8= 2.25 megaBYTES per second.To clarify what others have said: Because you are payi... |
How do all planets become to be near perfect spheres? | As Carl Sagan once explained in Cosmos: Take a ball of clay of clay, then put your hand on top and push down, then turn it over and do it to that side, then keep turning it over in different angles and pushing down on top. Eventually, you will end up with a spherical ball. This is pretty much what gravity is doing to e... |
How do actors play dead ? | Shots of dead actors aren't typically very long. The average person can hold their breath for 30 seconds, which in most movie scenes is long enough to show a "dead" body on screen. The actors only need to portray a dead body if his/her character recently died in the scene. If the scene is of an autopsy of a dead body, ... |
Why when something is scandalous is it referred to as 'event'gate? I.E GamerGate, PlebGate etc | It comes from the Watergate scandal from the Nixon presidency. It became popular to describe scandals in that way, and just kind of hung around. |
Why do phone keyboards have the numbers from top to bottom and numpads and calculators the other way? | There is a really good short documentary on this that I can't find at the moment. For the time being this is from [Wikipedia]: > The standard layout of the keys on the touch-tone telephone was the result of research of the human-engineering department at Bell Laboratories in the 1950s under the leadership of South Afri... |
why does milk that is not treated with rBST have to have an FDA disclaimer about it not making a significant difference? | Because the companies that use rBST treated milk feel threatened about people advertising rBST free milk and will sue your ass if you don't include a "disclaimer" saying that it makes no difference, by claiming you're implying that their rBST-filled milk is unsafe. It's a lot easier to include a disclaimer to keep laws... |
Will humans or other species divide into different species? | Not an expert here. I have heard that the best chance for this to happen embryo genetic modification. The fear being that if people are allowed to have "designer babies" that are smarter, disease resistant, better looking, stronger, and so on, it could split the human race into people that can afford it and people that... |
What exactly is this "impossible" space drive NASA just verified? | The EmDrive is a proposed form of space propulsion by a British aerospace engineered named Shawyer. He claims that by bouncing microwaves around, he can create a thrust, WITHOUT a propellant. NASA has tested the drive, and apparently it has validated that the drive works. [See here] for a news article, and [here] for a... |
Is it possible to "upgrade" a phone? | Unfortunately it's almost impossible. Smartphones are usually made as one soldered-together piece with only millimeters of spare space. Looking at an online teardown of the S3, the camera is soldered directly onto the main board. Even if you did manage to get it off, a replacement camera would need to be the exact same... |
What is going on in Flint, Michigan? How did it get this bad? | Flint went bankrupt. Not that bad a thing, many cities have gone bankrupt. The government appointed supervisor tried to cut costs across the board, to return the city to solvency. One money saving measure was to switch from buying processed drinking water from Detroit to processing water from the Flint River. Detroit h... |
Why do we drink from the same water that's in our toilet? | That would require two piping systems for water in your house in order to keep the two types of water separate. The savings of less treated water would be offset by the cost of the additional pipingIn some places they do that . As a civil engineer I can tell you all the extra plumbing would be way more expensive than j... |
What is the health difference for living organisms, between being in contact with bio-plastics and plastics made from oil? | Living organisms in frequent contact with bioplastics are more likely to share personal anecdotes about their gluten free paleo diet. |
Why do we naturally turn our pillows over to the "cool side" when we go to bed? | When we first go to bed, we will normally roll around a bit until we find that 'comfy' spot. Once we get comfortable we'll drift off to sleep. Naturally as we sleep we'll roll over and change positions. Our body doesn't like to be stuck in the one position for too long because it isn't normal for us. Unfortunately, our... |
Why dont we build roads out of stone rather than asphalt? | I think you're underestimating the cost here. Asphalt is a byproduct of oil refining, which means it is dirt cheap, while stone has to be hauled out of the ground and moved. It also has to be the right shape, which you'll have to cut and/or level to get a solid foundation for the road, and there will still be seams bet... |
How come U.S Army and Marines don't receive medals for being a good shot, but Coastguard, Air Force and Navy do? | Doing your job properly is generally not rewarded. They do have a certification they get - Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert which indicates their shooting ability. To qualify for sniper training, you have to shoot as a Expert. Edit: Adjusted names based on actual infoI was in the Army and I was awarded a Marksmanship Bad... |
If our bodies need to maintain a temperature of 98.6, why do we prefer our environment's temperature to be around 70? | What you perceive as hot or cold is not actually temperature, but thermal energy flux. That is the transfer of thermal energy into/out of your body. To illustrate this fact, consider a piece of wood and a piece of iron in a room. They are both obviously at the same temperature, since they are in the same room. Yet when... |
Why does chewing gum make me feel hungry? | Chewing causes your brain to send signals to your stomach, telling it to begin the digestion process. As your body digests whatever food is in your stomach, you become hungrierGum is made from gluten protein, and it stimulates the appetite. |
Why are there no bezel-less TVs, monitors or phones, yet these kind of displays are all over the sets of TV shows? | TV shows CGI in their displays because actually filming a monitor does not produce good results. Bezeless displays look cool and high tech so that is what most shows go with for their CGI. |
Why is Google promoting RT, a key component of Russia’s foreign propaganda apparatus | ads are targeted to your search history/ browsing habits. so if you have been looking up a bunch of Russian stuff, you're targeted by companies that pay for people like you to view their ads. I recently bought some parts off amazon for my truck. now I see a ton of ads showing me the same/other parts available for my tr... |
why orgasms become more intense the more you have in a row? Does this apply to all sexes? | This ain't funny OP. We know you girls have it good, no need to rub it in.I can have multiple orgasms, but mine become less intense with each one.Most males can't have multiple orgasms - they're pretty much out of commission for at least 15 minutes . |
Why is the environment a political issue, as opposed to a universal concern? | I think every single topic can be made into a political issue, this is one of those topics. There is also a lot of money to be made with practices that hurt the planet, and costs with saving the planet. As crazy as it seems, there are people okay making buckets of money knowing about the damage they are causing to the ... |
What and where is "privilege"? | How often are you followed around by sales clerks in a store, because they think you might steal things? As a white girl myself, I never had - but the first time I went shopping in those same stores with a black friend, I could tell that she was being followed around, regarded as untrustworthy. I asked her about it and... |
If YouTube has tens or hundreds of thousands of hours of video, especially HD, where and how do they store it all? | They literally just have tons of hard drives. They store data in the same way that you do on your PC, albeit a bit more efficientlyservers an astoundingly large and robust network of servers in multiple places around the world complete with built in redundancies too to protect against data loss. |
What do principals of schools do throughout a day? | Elementary here. They manage the school. More than just a boss for the teachers, they ensure all facets of the school run smoothly, from front office to custodial crew, to cafeteria, to classroom. A principal will also work with students who have discipline needs . They determine where and how money coming into the sch... |
Why are vaccine human trials which infect the participants with deadly diseases allowed, and where do they find people to participate? | Malaria is not really a deadly disease in developed countries. As long as it is treated immediately and correctly, it's very unlikely to kill you. |
How do I play caravan in Fallout: New Vegas? | _URL_0_ This link contains just about everything you need to know, but I'll summarize the key points here as well. Basically, the game is over when all 3 tracks have sufficient values or 'bids' from either player and one player is winning at least 2 of the bids. In order for a bid to be valid it must value between 21-2... |
How does the mold find the food? | That's a [slime mold], which is not really a mold but nowadays grouped under amoebas. Anyway, it probably went off at random and at some point sensed some chemicals given off by the food, then went towards wherever the concentration is higher. Note that it doesn't actually take the shortest way through the labyrinth. |
Hows does one "stock run" and why is it so illegal? | Front running a stock is the practice of buying shares based on advanced knowledge of an existing order. The old school way of front running was to be a broker acting on knowledge of your clients existing orders, for example buying stock prior to executing a large buy order. The new school way is through high frequency... |
If we as humans exhale CO2, why do some fires like campfires burn more after we blow on them? | Two things. First, we don't only exxhale CO2. Each breath is about 4-5% CO2. So blowing on the fire does send some oxygen than way directly. Blowing also clears out the dead air in the fire allowing normal air to replace it. |
What exactly is Oktoberfest? | It's an annual festival held in Munich for over 200 years celebrating German culture . It got so popular internationally that other cities around the world starting holding their own festivals at the same time. |
How can grass in the garden continue to grow forever, without providing any fertilizer? | I think the important thing you're missing is that the vast majority of plant growth is from CO2. The carbon dioxide and water is reconstructed into almost all of the building blocks that make the leaves, sugar, and roots. Everything else is needed for grass to grow only requires very small amounts. |
How does a magnet's polarity change when cut? | It sounds like the first cut was "in line" with the polarity. Imagine a bar magnet that you cut along the **long** side . The two pieces would have both N-poles and S-poles touching, so they would repel. What I'm getting at is: without seeing the magnetic field, it's hard to tell *which way* they cut the magnet. |
Can you defend yourself from an assaulting police officer? | You better not. A police officer is authorized to use deadly force as long as he or she feels their life is in jeopardy. If you appear to be in control of a firearm this is true. They are obligated to stop firing as soon as you appear harmless. [Police know they can lose their life any day on the job.] Cooperate. Move ... |
who actually builds the weapons/missiles used by armies around the world? | _URL_0_ In short, mostly contractors based in the US, and to a smaller extent Western European powers. Note that bc of the crazy secrecy and bureaucratic obfuscation of PRC that China was not includedIt depends. Most large countries try to have as much as possible of their military equipment build by local companies or... |
NES-era pixel art vs. modern pixel art | It's partly a design choice, and partly limitations of modern engines and hardware. The sprites for enemies in the original *Super Mario Bros.* were only 8x8 pixels. *Super Mario Bros. 3* uses 8x16 sprites. They had to redo some of the legacy enemies to fit into the new engine even back then. The total screen size for ... |
How do we know that Pi decimals never repeat ? | _URL_0_ Unfortunately, the proof that pi is irrational isn't really possible in ELI5 since it is complicated by necessity. Suffice it to say, we *do* have proofs that it is indeed irrational, and an irrational number is one whose decimal expansion goes on forever and never repeats. If it *did* end or repeat, it could b... |
Why is there so much hate for Justin Bieber? | He's also done a lot of despicable behavior that makes some people hate him, regardless of his music: - He peed in a janitor's bucket, then got profane when he saw a picture of Bill Clinton. - He claimed that Anne Frank would have been a fan of his music when he visited her house. - He was disrespectful of fans in Chic... |
How do TV ratings get calculated? | I believe the Nielsen company is responsible for ratings in the US. A large number of households throughout the country agree to have a Nielsen 'box' attached to their televisions which feed back information on what they are watching to Nielsen. Based on this sample group, they calculate the national ratings. Each fami... |
What are the main reasons for why dating/relationships have changed so much over the last 100 years? | By *far* the biggest reasons are birth control, and women's rights. Birth control means that casual dating, and even casual sex, is not very likely to lead to a pregnancy. That makes it much less important to avoid. Women's rights mean that a woman doesn't *have to* get married in order to have a good life. That hugely... |
Aspartame - Who is lying about it? Nutritionists VS Scientists | It's important to remember that "good for you" or "bad for you" aren't always statements you can make in general. Something can be good for one part of your health, but bad for another part: fluoride, for instance, strengthens your teeth but weakens your bones . Red meats are good for your muscles via proteins, but can... |
The US "first past the post" voting system | CCP Grey has a video that explains this. _URL_0_There are a couple different types of voting systems. I'll describe two others first, then I'll describe the US system. In one system, "runoff voting", you can vote for multiple candidates and rank them in order of preference. The candidate with the most votes loses, and ... |
Can some please explain differentiation to me like
I'm 5? | So you have a ball and you throw it at a tree. You might notice that instead of flying in a straight line it goes up some and then goes down some before hitting the tree, flying in a curve instead of a straight line. Now if you slow it down a whole lot you can see that for part of it the ball is headed down and for par... |
. Will reclassification of internet as a utility have ramifications for personal privacy and government surveillance? | It doesn't seem like there'd be *more* government monitoring, since they are already monitoring it as deeply as technically feasible. The classification would not make a difference in that regard. The government already has laws governing how and when it can monitor your traffic. ISPs do not stand in their way. |
What is sleep paralysis and why do we 'get' it | When your brain goes into sleep mode, your nervous system sort of "shuts down" your body's responses to brain signals. This is because if it didn't every time you did something in a dream, your body would do the same and you 'd injure yourself. So when you're dreaming about running, your legs don't flail around in bed,... |
How would the country and way of life change if the US national debt was somehow paid off? | Magically creating 17 trillion new dollars would cause the world economy to crash, so the average person would have a pretty miserable day to day life. But if we ignored the question of *how* the debt was paid off, not much would change. The total amount of government debt liability just doesn't matter all that much. |
what is this net neutrality thing? What does it mean to the average internet user? | It means that your service provider can't decide which sites you visit. Right now, Comcast is trying to charge extra every time one of their customers visits youtube or netflix. People who believe in net neutrality think that's not okay. |
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